Sunday, December 19, 2010

iSpy

First video games, now this?
I could never jump on the e-book bandwagon. Along with a preference for holding and thumbing through a physical book, I've had a growing fear (or paranoia--call it what you will) of our collective knowledge and cultural memory being deliberately shifted to the less stable virtual environment, increasing our likelihood of losing this valuable information forever. Add to this the idea of e-readers being used as "tracking devices" and my skepticism is solidified.

I really wish people would exercise more caution when it came to these devices. Convenience ALWAYS has a cost. If it's cheap in the short run, it's guaranteed to be exorbitant and painful in the long run.

Caveat lector.

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